A manager has been suspended by the firm after allegedly posted a racist tweet following England's Euro final defeat.
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Should an employee's unsavoury or offensive opinion always lead to dismissal? Beverley Sunderland looks at examples from case law.
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Employers can be held liable for workers who harass or discriminate against...
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Many organisations had extensive wellbeing programmes in place long before the pandemic hit this year. But with a largely remote...
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A new chairperson and four new commissioners have been appointed at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the UK’s equality...
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Outsourced HR support franchise The HR Dept has apologised after one of its franchisees posted a graphic on social media...
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Employees are often ill-equipped to work at home and find it difficult to switch off. The result could be poor health and lower productivity, warns study.
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BBC journalists are no longer able to attend events that may be ‘controversial’, including demonstrations about LGBT issues or Black...
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Legal expert says BBC's new impartiality drive has lessons for businesses worried over brand damage from employees' posts.
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A Christian school assistant is taking her former employer to tribunal over claims she was sacked over Facebook posts in...
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Social media has grown in use exponentially since Facebook was launched 16 years ago, and so has the risk to...
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Two men sacked after sharing offensive material on WhatsApp lose their £300,000 claim against their former employer for wrongful dismissal.
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Allowing smartphones at work can affect productivity, but is an outright ban the answer?
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Google has released new workplace guidelines urging staff not to insult one another or make misleading comments about the company....
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As debate on politics and society heats up on Twitter and other platforms, HR needs to heed advice on how to handle social media posts that might cause reputational damage